Led front lights
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Le Mans Master
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Led front lights
I installed a set of led lights in the front of my car,they look great and the blinker works with them,but the turn signals in the dash is on all the time?
They dont light up as much as when the turn signal is on,is it the relay that dont like leds?
Bad picture...
The bulb look like this....
They dont light up as much as when the turn signal is on,is it the relay that dont like leds?
Bad picture...
The bulb look like this....
Last edited by stingraymaniac; Sep 8, 2013 at 03:07 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Winston Ga.
I used amber ones just like that. Plug and play, worked fine. I think some manufacturers are putting resistance in the bulbs now for turn signals.
Sorry no help on the issue but I'd guess you need to swap out the signal and flasher relays with the newer HD versions.
Sorry no help on the issue but I'd guess you need to swap out the signal and flasher relays with the newer HD versions.
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Le Mans Master
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Ok but it works just like before its not flashing faster either, it just lights up the turn indicators in the car,I can live with them glowing like that but I just want to know that I don't burn something up 
Burning Brakes
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Ok this is going from memory, My father replaced the stock flasher with an electronic one back in the 70's to handle the added load from a trailer on his old station wagon. Maybe this is something we need to be looking at. I have the same problem with my LED turn signals, so I put the old bulbs back in for now and just replaced all non-blinking bulbs with LED's
Someone should chime in here with help soon, I hope.
Someone should chime in here with help soon, I hope.
Burning Brakes
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From: Winston Ga.
the relays wont help your issue I wouldnt think. crawl around and check all your grounds. clean them and make sure they are tight. there really isnt much to this circuit. power, switches, lights and grounds.
If it worked with the incandescent lights and not with the led's I would just check grounds then maybe spend a few bux on relays but I really doubt that is the issue. relays just turn things on and off however weirder things have happened before.
I would also try both the blinkers and hazards. see if one works and not the other. they have separate relays and that would narrow things down a bit. if one is indeed the culprit.
if that doesnt help you are going to need to get a wiring diagram and start ringing out the voltages and see where its coming from.
Grounds also includes the grounds behind the dash for the gauges as well.
If it worked with the incandescent lights and not with the led's I would just check grounds then maybe spend a few bux on relays but I really doubt that is the issue. relays just turn things on and off however weirder things have happened before.
I would also try both the blinkers and hazards. see if one works and not the other. they have separate relays and that would narrow things down a bit. if one is indeed the culprit.
if that doesnt help you are going to need to get a wiring diagram and start ringing out the voltages and see where its coming from.
Grounds also includes the grounds behind the dash for the gauges as well.
Last edited by jnealg; Sep 9, 2013 at 09:11 PM.
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No, it will take care of problem you are having at the dash indicators as well. They also have on the market an led flasher relay that replaces the stock one in the fuse panel but I have not tried one.
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diagrams show how to connect
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You can't run LED's with standard flashers. LED's require sooo much less energy, the flasher basically doesn't see it. You have to run in-line resisters to make them work. Since your dash indicator works off the flasher too, it won't work right either.
That's what I got doing a 5 minute internet search on this topic.
That's what I got doing a 5 minute internet search on this topic.
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I don't have any pictures of installing them. You can do a youtube search and find alot of videos of people wiring in resistors for leds. Its actually a common issue for most vehicles that did not come standard with led lights.
Burning Brakes
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From: Winston Ga.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...tomotive%2C196
just tap one end of the resistor into each light wire...
come back and let us know if it worked. the first one does say it clears burned bulb indicator which is the prob you have. its $5, cant go wrong if if it doesnt fix it.
just tap one end of the resistor into each light wire...
come back and let us know if it worked. the first one does say it clears burned bulb indicator which is the prob you have. its $5, cant go wrong if if it doesnt fix it.